Trillium grandiflorum, collected in Penn Yan, by H. P. Sartwell, New York
What can 130 year old preserved plant specimens tell us about our past and our future? The Brown University Herbarium and the Brown University Library have teamed up to create a visually stunning walk through the historical collections of Brown plant specimens using the 7-by-16 foot digital display wall in the Rockefeller Library’s Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab.
Trillium erythrocarpum, collected by Miss Lena E. Stone, May 10, 1900, from Attleboro, MA
Please join the Library on Saturday, May 23 at 9 a.m. as Erika Edwards, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tim Whitfeld, Collections Manager for the Brown University Herbarium and Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Patrick Rashleigh, Data Visualization Coordinator in the Library’s Integrated Technology Services present this results of this ongoing digitization effort.
This event is free and open to the public.
Share your Commencement & Reunion Weekend with #Brown2015
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2015
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab, Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect Street, Providence